imheretohelp21,
I'm sure they are. I've got 2 SATA cables. One supplied by my mobo and the other supplied by the SATA HDD. Never been used before, ever, so they're practically both in mint condition.
"Zing" sound... parang ganun yung tunog na naririnig ko pag nagsimula nang lumuwang yung SATA HDD. Ganun din naririnig kong sound pag di maboot yung PC dahil sa maluwang yung SATA HDD.
My WinXP doesn't have SP1 installed, so I've got a pretty good feeling na sobrang luwang lang talaga nung sockets. I'll try to relocate the SATA HDD somewhere para mas medyo "comfortable" yung cable. Thanks for the link though. Iniisip ko lang kung bakit ngayong week lang nangyari ito. Dati naman maayos siya.